Where does “femti” come from?
femti (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fimtigi, from Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
femti (Norwegian Bokmål): fifty
Ancestry of “femti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fimtigi | fifty |
| 2 | Old Norse | fimm | five |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fimf | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |